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I had never heard of the word ableist before in my life. It sounds like the word "ablador" in Spanish which is to basically make up lies.
Oh okay, I'm gonna go search the definition of this word because I've had some posts removed for that reason and I got no clue what it means....brb.
Oh I see:
AI Overview +8 Ableist describes beliefs, behaviors, or systems that favor non-disabled people and discriminate against those with physical, intellectual, or psychiatric disabilities, viewing them as inferior or less valuable, often assuming they need to be "fixed". It's about unfair treatment, prejudice, and societal barriers that treat non-disabled experiences as the standard and exclude disabled individuals, showing up in individual actions (like harmful language) and systemic structures (like inaccessible buildings).
So I do tend to say "that's F-in retrded" a lot. But I'm no ableist as defined here. That's like calling a dog an ableist because he barks something that sounds like "readded". The dog doesn't know any better! He's a "f-ing" dog! You guys who are younger go ahead and be better than we older people. One day we too will die off and some nincompoop is going to ban you for saying pee pee because that's sexual assault via text. Back in my day sexual assault was three guys waiting for you after school with a hockey stick to see how far it went. But sure peepee. I'll wait up in hell for the first one of you sexual harassers who assault people by writing pee pee on the internet.
Anyway. Darn!
That's like saying "I say things I don't like are gay" or calling people a "faggot" as an insult "but I'm not homophobic". Like sure you might not be intentionally hostile, but you're contributing to the problem of homophobia or able-ism or whatever other-ism slur you use.
It's one thing to be ignorant of the issues of using these words like such, that is reinforcing negative stereotypes about the minority who get called those slurs by associating the word with bad things, but once you're aware it's a straight up dick move to continue to do it.
So the question is, now that you've learnt what ableism is, will you continue to use those slurs?
But what I'm saying is that in my world it really meant nothing of the sort. It was an insult towards someone who did something without thinking of the consequences.
Somehow somewhere now those terms that I grew up with are bad. So I'm telling you that I was 15 once and my parents did the same thing and we corrected them. And your kids will do the same to you.
Meanwhile the real activities of the political figures who speak properly result in jails filled with innocent kids. I would like to reroute some of the energy focused on people who say re*ard to people who support *rump.
This isn’t about you, it’s about the people who live with with the consequences of the slurs.